8. अक्षरब्रह्मयोग

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Chapter 8. अक्षरब्रह्मयोग, Verse 12

Chapter 8, Verse 12

Verse text

सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च। मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम्।।8.12।।


Verse transliteration

sarva-dvārāṇi sanyamya mano hṛidi nirudhya cha mūrdhnyādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇam āsthito yoga-dhāraṇām


Verse words
  1. sarva-dvārāṇi—all gates
  2. sanyamya—restraining
  3. manaḥ—the mind
  4. hṛidi—in the heart region
  5. nirudhya—confining
  6. cha—and
  7. mūrdhni—in the head
  8. ādhāya—establish
  9. ātmanaḥ—of the self
  10. prāṇam—the life breath
  11. āsthitaḥ—situated (in)
  12. yoga-dhāraṇām—the yogic concentration

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